National Park Week set to begin Monday
The National Park Service will host National Park Week from Saturday to April 28, with free admission to all national parks from Monday to April 26.
This year’s theme is “Did you know …”
For more information, visit www.nps.gov.
Seismic study approved for Doe Canyon Deep Unit
The U.S. Forest Service’s Dolores District Ranger and the Bureau of Land Management Tres Rios field manager have approved the KM 3D Seismic Study for the Doe Canyon Deep Unit. The survey will occur across 121 square miles of Forest Service and BLM lands east of Dove Creek. Seismic surveys send sound energy waves into the Earth, and the reflected energy waves are recorded on the surface. They provide an underground geologic profile. The study will include the use of helicopters, portable drill rigs and detonation of explosive charges within shot holes. The project is estimated to begin west of the Dolores River Canyon in July. The survey will progress across BLM lands this summer, and will resume on USFS lands east of the Dolores River canyon in summer 2014. Final decision documents and maps are available at Dolores Public Lands Office, 29211 Colorado Highway 184 in Dolores or at www.fs.usda.gov/goto/sanjuan/projects.
For more information, call Robert Garrigues at 882-7296. Both decisions are subject to appeal. For more information about the appeal process, call Deborah Kill at 882-7296.
‘Backyard Food Production’ series slated at Fairgrounds
A “Backyard Food Production” series will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. beginning April 30 in the Extension Building of the La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main Ave.The series of 12 evening classes is designed to help people grow their own food from design and seed starting to harvest, storage and preservation. All classes are taught by local experts and will give people the tools to effectively and efficiently grow food.
The class is held throughout the food-production season, starting in April and ending in September.The cost is $145 per person, and discounts are available to couples from the same household.
For more information or to register, call 382-6463.
Herald Staff
